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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:
William N. Carr, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventor:
William N. Carr, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/16 (2006.01); H01L 35/02 (2006.01); H01L 35/28 (2006.01); G01J 5/02 (2022.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01J 5/023 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14669 (2013.01); H01L 27/16 (2013.01); H01L 35/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/28 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G01J 2005/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imager pixel comprising a micro-platform supported by phononic nanowires, the nanowires providing an extreme-level of thermal isolation from a surrounding substrate. The micro-platform in embodiments comprises thermal sensors sensitive to heat from absorbed incident longwave/shortwave photonic irradiation. In embodiments, the pixel photonic sensing structure comprises both a thermal sensor together with a separate photodiode/phototransistor/photogate for sensing RGB and NIR wavelengths. Some embodiments comprise a micro-platform with an integral Peltier thermoelectric element permitting in situ refrigeration to cryogenic temperatures.